But an unnamed Microsoft exec told The New York Times said that it would cost significantly more than a game console.

This means the HoloLens could cost several hundred dollars for consumers. Gaming consoles aren't cheap — the Xbox One usually sells for $400 through Microsoft's online store, but it's on sale for $350. The Playstation 4 also costs $400.

That's still cheaper than the Explorer Edition of Google Glass, which Google sold to developers and other select "explorers" for $1,500 before ending its Explorer program.

Read more: http://www.businessinsider.com/microsoft-hololens-will-cost-more-than-an-xbox-2015-4#ixzz3YtRVhpL5

I expected as much.. hololense will be able to do so much...i'll wait and see for the exact pricing.

It's a PC that does it's own processing, of course it's going to be expensive.

a PC in a very small form factor with probably pretty good processing power and additionally a lot of advanced sensors/ a display technique (afaik) not used in mainstream devices yet

I'd be surprised if they bring it to retail for less than $1000

holographic processors are expensive. soo much innovation doesn't come cheap.

It'll probably have beefy laptop components on the inside and we all know how crazy priced gaming laptops are.

I'm massively looking forward to this, I hope it actually works as intended! 

Hmmm how do they expect it to be commercially viable though? I assume it is not going to work primarily alongside the Xbox1...

I see ms releasing this for the corporate market before releasing it to a wider audience at a reduced cost.

The live demos shown showed amazing potential for engineers and the like.

speaking as an engineer,.. we tend to use technology that is at least 5-10 years out of date.  we care more about reliablity then form.

yea their demos look really compelling, I hope they accurately reflect the user experience (several glowing previews seem to indicate they do)

a possible problem could be battery life with high powered components and very little room to fit in a good battery